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I think everybody is overlooking something. Not only will Paul Truong
not tell us how he made his millions that he claims that he made, but
he will not tell us how he makes his living now. His claim that he
made millions in marketing and PR seems doubtful, because it is rare

[quote="Brian Lafferty"][quote="SteveTN"][quote="Brian Lafferty"]
[quote="SteveTN"][quote="samsloan"]Since it is well known that
[b]Polgar deletes any letters[/b] she does not agree with,
[/quote]

[quote="chrisfalter"]Hal,
Some months ago a controversy was raging in this forum over expenses
and fees paid to GM Polgar at the 2003 US Open.  Mr. Sam Sloan very
helpfully posted the itemization from Polgar's invoice, so Jack looked

Who is Joe Lux? What does he do for a living? Has he ever held a
management position? Does he own a business? Does he own a house? I've
never heard of him. Vote for him anyway because Bill Goichber says so.

If the moderators were unbiased, this entire thread would be deleted
and Chris Falter would be suspended for at least a week if not
permanently.
It is to be recalled that Chris Falter once quoted me as saying

I am white and here is the set up..
Pawns on A-3 , C-4 , D-3 , F-4 , G-3 . H-4 .
Rook on D-2 ...
Bishop on F-3..

Not sure if black has a forced win or not. This position came up in
one of my tournament games and I was getting low on time so i simply
accepted my opponent's draw offer even though i'm a pawn up. I think
it might be a textbook draw anyway. It's just out of the reach of the

Post:44271 Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:47 pm    Post subject:
Retirement Plan Update      Reply with quote
May 3, 2007 Update as promised...
To the best of my knowledge, USCF has not received a reply from its

Jerry Hanken wrote:
"Sad Sam has made some outrageously stupid posts but the one calling
the Crossville staff underworked and overstaffed takes the cake!. As a
member of the FKB 2007 US Championship Organizing Committee, I have

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I don't know Italian.
I spent several hours trying to know its pronunciation.
1. G = g of girl
2. G = g of general.

I'm looking for Drueke 36-H(extra heavy chessmen) Players Choice, and
a 5" Drueke. Can someone help? Thanks.
John
jneville42@comcast.net

I am wondering if anyone out here in RGC could upload the book "Akiba
Rubinstein: The Later Years" to a torrent site.  I have "Akiva
Rubinstein: Uncrowned King", but cannot obtain "The Later Years"
because the first edition is out of stock and the 2nd edition has not

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